Title: Tips for a beginner Post by: salparadise on May 17, 2011, 03:42:44 PM OK, first of all- I am brand new to this. Totally new. Please forgive any rookie errors, ok? :)
So, with that out of the way. I would like some bitcoins. I have installed 'Bitcoin', have set it to 'generate coins', and have connected through a socks4 proxy to a pool website, bitcoinpool.com Is this all I need to do to start mining? Nothing has happened yet, I have 1 connection and an ever growing number of blocks (79000 at the moment). When will I see some bitcoins being credited to my wallet? How many blocks/connections do I need? All the sites I've seen about it so far haven't exactly explained this process in simple language, so any support would be very much appreciated. I am using a Macbook Pro, if that helps- 2.4GHz processor, Intel Core 2 Duo and 2GB 1067 MHz DDR3 of memory. So- any tips for a newbie? Many thanks in advance, Sal Title: Re: Tips for a beginner Post by: barbarousrelic on May 17, 2011, 03:45:31 PM Mining on a CPU is not time or cost effective. It will take probably 5 years or so for you go mine a single block on a CPU.
Mining is only worth the effort if you are using high-end GPUs, and even then it is debatable whether it is profitable. If you want to get into Bitcoin, I would suggest selling some of your old stuff on Biddingpond, a free auction site that operates with Bitcoin. http://www.biddingpond.com Title: Re: Tips for a beginner Post by: Jaime Frontero on May 17, 2011, 03:48:01 PM you'll wind up with 8 connections and about 124,600 blocks. takes a little while.
that said, mining with a CPU (instead of a GPU) is unprofitable. see here for mining hardware comparisons: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining_hardware_comparison EDIT: and here, to calculate the time required to generate Bitcoin: http://www.alloscomp.com/bitcoin/calculator.php Title: Re: Tips for a beginner Post by: salparadise on May 17, 2011, 03:49:01 PM Hmm, that site lots good- barely anything for sale on it though, which makes me think it's unlikely I'd ever sell anything.
Can you vouch for its legitimacy? Also, they charge an insertion fee- which, seeing as I have no bitcoins, I wouldn't even be able to pay! Any other tips? Title: Re: Tips for a beginner Post by: Jaime Frontero on May 17, 2011, 03:51:33 PM Hmm, that site lots good- barely anything for sale on it though, which makes me think it's unlikely I'd ever sell anything. Can you vouch for its legitimacy? Also, they charge an insertion fee- which, seeing as I have no bitcoins, I wouldn't even be able to pay! Any other tips? try The Marketplace: http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=5.0 BTW, stuff does sell on BiddingPond... Title: Re: Tips for a beginner Post by: barbarousrelic on May 17, 2011, 03:53:19 PM Hmm, that site lots good- barely anything for sale on it though, which makes me think it's unlikely I'd ever sell anything. Can you vouch for its legitimacy? Also, they charge an insertion fee- which, seeing as I have no bitcoins, I wouldn't even be able to pay! Any other tips? Standard auctions are free, you only pay for highlighting/"Featured Auction" type promotions. But things do sell on there. Title: Re: Tips for a beginner Post by: salparadise on May 17, 2011, 03:57:41 PM I'll check that out and try and get to grips with the marketplace.
Another question- what is a 'transaction'? Thanks so far guys! Title: Re: Tips for a beginner Post by: shotgun on July 14, 2011, 12:23:43 AM http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transaction
Title: Re: Tips for a beginner Post by: Leon on July 14, 2011, 01:10:19 AM http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transaction +1 lol beat me to it. Title: Re: Tips for a beginner Post by: imperi on July 14, 2011, 02:57:33 AM http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transaction +1 lol beat me to it. His reply came a month and a half later, and he beat you to it? lol Title: Re: Tips for a beginner Post by: AngelusWebDesign on July 14, 2011, 04:01:22 AM ZOMBIE THREAD of the month.
It lives!!!! Title: Re: Tips for a beginner Post by: V4Vendettas on July 14, 2011, 11:09:56 AM http://straycatcinema.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/28-days-later.jpg
Zombie just saw his first wiki ;D |